Reporting from Nogales, ArizonaReporting from Nogales, Arizona — Most people know it as razor wire. It coils atop the walls and fences that divide the U.S. and Mexico, snaking through weeds and past ...

As border barriers go up in the Rio Grande Valley, one nature enthusiast in Starr County is documenting what’s being lost.

Few inventions that were designed in the 1870s that have not changed since they were patented, and they are still widely used in the 21st century. Barbed wire is an innovation that fits this category, ...

A Marine (l) uses a circular saw to cut a groove into the frame while the other uses a metal rod to twist the barbed wire tightly at the U.S.-Mexico border in Campo on Monday, July 7, 2025. / Brittany ...